3.0.0 2992 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-10-18 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2022-03-02T21:00:15Z Markup by 2022-01-20T14:18:36Z Referred to 2021-10-18T21:51:40Z American Innovation and Choice Online Act 117 3816 HR 2022-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 475. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2022-03-02 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 301. Calendars 2022-03-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2022-03-02 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2022-01-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2021-10-18 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-10-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2021-10-18 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-10-18 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2021-10-18 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-10-18 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2021-10-18 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-10-18 True L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2021-10-18 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-10-18 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2021-10-18 True H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2021-10-18 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2021-10-18 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2022-03-16 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2022-08-01 False Commerce Asia China Civil actions and liability Competition and antitrust Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Digital media Foreign and international corporations Inflation and prices Internet, web applications, social media Judicial review and appeals Retail and wholesale trades Commerce 00 2021-10-18 Introduced in Senate 2022-01-25T13:37:04Z American Innovation and Choice Online Act

This bill prohibits certain large online platforms from engaging in specified acts, including giving preference to their own products on the platform, unfairly limiting the availability on the platform of competing products from another business, or discriminating in the application or enforcement of the platform's terms of service among similarly situated users.

Further, a platform may not materially restrict or impede the capacity of a competing business user to access or interoperate with the same platform, operating system, or hardware or software features. The bill also restricts the platform's use of nonpublic data obtained from or generated on the platform and prohibits the platform from restricting access to platform data generated by the activity of a competing business user. The bill also provides additional restrictions related to installing or uninstalling software, search or ranking functionality, and retaliation for contact with law enforcement regarding actual or potential violations of law.

The bill establishes affirmative defenses for the prohibited conduct.

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice must designate whether an entity is a platform covered by the bill, and both must carry out enforcement activities.

The bill also provides for civil penalties, injunctions, and the forfeit of profits for repeat offenders.

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This bill prohibits certain large online platforms from engaging in specified acts, including giving preference to their own products on the platform, unfairly limiting the availability on the platform of competing products from another business, or discriminating in the application or enforcement of the platform's terms of service among similarly situated users.

Further, a platform may not materially restrict or impede the capacity of a competing business user to access or interoperate with the same platform, operating system, or hardware or software features. The bill also restricts the platform's use of nonpublic data obtained from or generated on the platform and prohibits the platform from restricting access to platform data generated by the activity of a competing business user. The bill also provides additional restrictions related to installing or uninstalling software, search or ranking functionality, and retaliation for contact with law enforcement regarding actual or potential violations of law.

The bill establishes affirmative defenses for the prohibited conduct.

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice must designate whether an entity is a platform covered by the bill, and both must carry out enforcement activities.

The bill also provides for civil penalties, injunctions, and the forfeit of profits for repeat offenders.

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